Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/169 - NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/169

Title

NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC

Date(s)

  • 1608-1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

91 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The site of no.1 St Martin le Grand was purchased by Nomura International Plc from the General Post Office in 1986. It had been the main General Post Office building for the City of London. The site was previously owned by Christ's Hospital, which sold it in various lots to the General Post Office in the 19th century (the main site was sold in the late 1880s). The site included the Queen's Hotel (formerly known as the Bull and Mouth Inn), the former Angel Inn, and houses in Bull and Mouth Street and Magpie Court.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/169 1608-1986 Collection 91 production units. Various.

The site of no.1 St Martin le Grand was purchased by Nomura International Plc from the General Post Office in 1986. It had been the main General Post Office building for the City of London. The site was previously owned by Christ's Hospital, which sold it in various lots to the General Post Office in the 19th century (the main site was sold in the late 1880s). The site included the Queen's Hotel (formerly known as the Bull and Mouth Inn), the former Angel Inn, and houses in Bull and Mouth Street and Magpie Court.

The records were kindly donated to Guildhall Library in 2006 by Nomura International Plc. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2008. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Collection of deeds and papers relating to the site of Nomura House, no.1 St Martin le Grand (the former General Post Office building). The Library does not hold any records relating to the Nomura's operation as a Japanese bank; the only records held relate to the site of Nomura House.

The collection also includes deeds which do not appear to relate to the site of no.1 St Martin le Grand, although they may have been acquired by the Postmaster General.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

The following deeds have not been donated to Guildhall Library and are still held at Nomura House: lease by Henry VIII to Thomas Soulment of a large property within the precinct of the late dissolved house of Grey Friars, 1539; lease from John Stewkeley of the ground on which Northumberland House once stood, 1667; lease from Christ's Hospital of premises in Bull and Mouth, 1848; and lease from Christ's Hospital of land abutting east on Aldersgate Street between the city wall and St Botolph Aldersgate churchyard, 1563.

For an account of these records, see Vanessa Harding, Nomura House, no.1 St Martin's le Grand: a brief history (1990), available in the Printed Books Section of Guildhall Library.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

January to May 2011. Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Property ownership Civil law Right to property Property law City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Civil and political rights Legal systems Human rights Law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were kindly donated to Guildhall Library in 2006 by Nomura International Plc. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2008. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Collection of deeds and papers relating to the site of Nomura House, no.1 St Martin le Grand (the former General Post Office building). The Library does not hold any records relating to the Nomura's operation as a Japanese bank; the only records held relate to the site of Nomura House.

The collection also includes deeds which do not appear to relate to the site of no.1 St Martin le Grand, although they may have been acquired by the Postmaster General.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The following deeds have not been donated to Guildhall Library and are still held at Nomura House: lease by Henry VIII to Thomas Soulment of a large property within the precinct of the late dissolved house of Grey Friars, 1539; lease from John Stewkeley of the ground on which Northumberland House once stood, 1667; lease from Christ's Hospital of premises in Bull and Mouth, 1848; and lease from Christ's Hospital of land abutting east on Aldersgate Street between the city wall and St Botolph Aldersgate churchyard, 1563.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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